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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Christmas Cove Beach, Michigan
Beach in Leelanau County, Michigan44°
57°/43°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 36°·Moderate breeze 18 mph N
Now. Christmas Cove Beach is 44° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 36°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 18 mph, gusting to 33 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 41° by 4 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:35 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
64%Humidity
71%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
44feels36
18mph
Today
Oct 16
5743
83%
27mph
Sat
Oct 17
5839
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
6147
21mph
Mon
Oct 19
6048
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6446
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6648
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6651
partly cloudy day
44°
57°43°
58°39°
61°47°
60°48°
64°46°
66°48°
66°51°
As of 10:00 PM in Christmas Cove Beach, Michigan.
Air quality
The air at Christmas Cove Beach
Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Northwest Lower (MI), 19 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good-
- Ozone29Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 41 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Christmas Cove Beach
0.48 in in the last 24 hours, 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.48in
- Last 3 days
- 0.89in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 54%
Visibility
How far you can see at Christmas Cove Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 2 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 300°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 45002, 39.7 mi away.
Waves at buoy 45002, North Michigan
- Wave height
- 5.6 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- NNE (20°)
- Swell
- 0.3 ft at 11 s from N
- Wind waves
- 5.6 ft at 6 s from NNE
- Water
- 59 °F
- Read
- Fri 9:50 PM
- Distance
- 39.7 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 9:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (20°) |
| Fri 8:50 PM | 6.6 ft | 6 s | NNE (23°) |
| Fri 7:50 PM | 6.9 ft | 6 s | NNE (17°) |
| Fri 6:50 PM | 7.9 ft | 7 s | NNE (15°) |
| Fri 5:50 PM | 8.5 ft | 6 s | N (3°) |
| Fri 4:50 PM | 8.2 ft | 7 s | N (10°) |
| Fri 3:50 PM | 7.2 ft | 6 s | N (7°) |
| Fri 2:50 PM | 7.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 1:50 PM | 6.2 ft | 6 s | NNE (19°) |
| Fri 12:50 PM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (15°) |
| Fri 11:50 AM | 5.6 ft | - | N (4°) |
| Fri 10:50 AM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | N (359°) |
| Fri 9:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 4 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NE (34°) |
| Fri 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (33°) |
| Fri 6:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | NE (39°) |
| Fri 5:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | NNE (26°) |
| Fri 4:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | NNE (15°) |
| Fri 3:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | NNE (16°) |
| Fri 2:50 AM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | ENE (76°) |
| Fri 1:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | E (83°) |
| Fri 12:50 AM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (106°) |
| Thu 11:50 PM | 1.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (110°) |
| Thu 10:50 PM | 2.0 ft | 4 s | E (101°) |
Beach
- County
- Leelanau County
- State
- Michigan
- Latitude
- 45.1695° N
- Longitude
- 85.6323° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Christmas Cove Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Ess 1 MM-22 At North Eagle HwyMC113
Beside a road/8.4 mi away/640 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station CW3642CW3642
In a volunteer observer's own ground/16.0 mi away/753 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
CharlevoixCVX
At an airfield/19.7 mi away/669 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
NorthportNPTM4
At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/738 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Suttons Bay 1.7 NMI-LL-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.5 mi away/828 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Northport (NPTM4), 2.7 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Michigan
66 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Christmas Cove Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Northportvillage, 3 mi
- Omenacommunity, 8 mi
- Lelandcommunity, 12 mi
- Norwoodcommunity, 13 mi
- Suttons Bayvillage, 13 mi
- Grand Traverse Bayfeature, 14 mi
- Lake Leelanaucommunity, 14 mi
- Eastportcommunity, 14 mi
- Ellsworthvillage, 19 mi
- Central Lakevillage, 19 mi
- Charlevoixcity, 21 mi
- Elk Rapidsvillage, 22 mi
Beaches near Christmas Cove Beach
- Omena Beach8 mi
- Hall Beach12 mi
- Van's Beach12 mi
- South Beach12 mi
- Schneider Beach13 mi
- Torch Bay Beach15 mi
- Haserot Beach16 mi
- Lake Michigan Beach21 mi